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The BBC's world affairs editor, John Simpson, uses his experience and expertise to examine the most important international stories.

The BBC's world affairs editor, John Simpson, uses his experience and expertise to examine the most important international stories. Drawing on the unique local knowledge of the BBC's unparalleled range of experts across the world, he goes beyond the headlines to get to the unspun truth about the world.

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Unspun World with John Simpson: Tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border

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Tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border

04/11/2023 GMT

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What are the chances that Lebanon will get involved in the Israel-Gaza conflict?

John Simpson is in Beirut this week. What are the chances that Lebanon will get involved in the Israel-Gaza conflict?

BBC World Affairs editor, John Simpson, is in Lebanon - a country deeply nervous it might get sucked into yet another war with Israel. So what are the chances it will? Analysis from Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega. Lebanon has been politically and economically unstable for years. It is also hugely diverse. Jim Muir- a stalwart of the BBC’s reporting in Lebanon for nearly fifty years - shares his view on the nation today. The collapse of Western support for Afghanistan and the victory of the Taliban in 2021 led to more than a million Afghans fleeing to Pakistan. Now they are at risk of being kicked out. BBC Urdu editor, Asif Farooqi, tells us why. Plus, how much of a threat is AI to humanity - and can the UK lead the way in controlling it? Technology editor, Zoe Kleinman, gives her take on the first global AI safety summit.

Photo: Family members and relatives shout anti-Israel slogans during the funeral of Ali Kourani, 16, who was killed in what residents claim was an Israeli drone attack in his home town of Yater, Lebanon, November 1, 2023 Credit: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra.

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